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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp
There is so much wrong with putting value on lives based on what identifies them, be it age, race, whatever. I can't even wrap my head around what would make someone think like that.
I'll just leave these stats here though, if you continue to think it's OK for certain groups of the population to die so you can make more money... well keep this in mind before you speak out. I'm not asking anyone to go back on "hiatus" but just gain some knowledge before you write.
It is so, so SO wrong to say what you are saying. 
So remember, you're not just "letting all the old people die" (and people don't get into too much trouble for being ageist) but you're letting most black people die as well. I don't know what the stats are like in Canada, but it would likely lean towards poverty. Do we know how many First Nations communities have been hit by it?
This is making my head spin, I gotta go get lunch |
Race isn't the lone factor contributing to those stats.
African Americans also suffer from diabetes at eight times the rate of whites. And cardiovascular disease at six times. While I'm sure there are several others, those are definitely factors that attribute to the fatality rate of this disease.